Monday, May 21, 2012

It's Star Wars Week: Episode V*

Thirty-five years ago this Memorial Day weekend, a little movie premiered in North America and changed cinema forever. The story of a brave band of rebels sticking it to an oppressive authority captured the hearts and minds of a nation and would inspire a number of sequels. But enough about Smokey and the Bandit, I want to celebrate the other movie that opened that weekend: Star Wars.
To honor the 35th anniversary of Star Wars, I'll be posting Star Wars-themed gags this week. And because Star Wars is such an awesome thing, I'll be posting an extra comic of the week Friday, in addition to Thursday's regularly scheduled post.

*This is actually only the second Star Wars week on this blog. (You can find the first one here and here.) I'm calling this one Episode V because I retroactively changed the title to my first Star Wars week to Episode IV. My plan is to do another one of these in a couple of years, calling it Episode VI. Then I'll wait something like 20 years before I pump out the far inferior episodes I, II, and III. It will be awesome!
Posted by Arie Van De Graaff at 6:21 AM
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  1. Arie Van De GraaffMay 21, 2012 at 7:03 AM

    As to today's strip, Yoda is definitely a "No". The idea that Yoda was inspired by Spencer W. Kimball is a myth perpetrated by members of the Church who like to imagine their leaders have bigger ears than they actually do (and, apparently, a greenish hue). Those members should be ashamed of themselves.

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  2. Kevin BeckstromMay 21, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    ...and Chewie was based on Porter Rockwell.

    Good job, Arie. I look forward to Episode I. May the Force be with you, this day and always, in the shadows of the everlasting hills.

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    1. Arie Van De GraaffMay 22, 2012 at 2:15 PM

      I bet the Imperial March would sound pretty cool on the old Tabernacle Organ. And peace and long life to you too.

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  3. UnknownMay 22, 2012 at 12:27 PM

    Excellent concept. I look forward to each and every installment. I also look forward to the nearly infinite number of Happy Meals, action figures, lunch boxes, Lego sets, video games, Saturday cartoons, and spin-off novels you plan to produce to maximally monetize the characters from your missionary comic strip. I'm especially eager to see your Episode I center around a new missionary, Elder Jarjar, and his crazy antics. Be sure to leave some room in this week's strip to allow you to digitally insert a new missionary when you remaster and re-release your first three installments. You'll also want to quietly change one or two details of any gags you write, such as one in the cantina where the Elder pulls out a Book of Mormon prior to being challenged to do so by an investigator, so that your Elder appears more politically correct when viewed by future audiences.

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    1. Arie Van De GraaffMay 22, 2012 at 2:18 PM

      I would have started with Episode I, but cartooning technology is still years away from where I need it to be to capture my vision.

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